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Bill	MUNI CD-CONTRACT EXPENDITURES	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Increases the base amount from $20,000 to $30,000 for public improvement or maintenance of public property at which a municipality must enter into a contract by public bid or four-fifths council approval. If the contract is approved by council, increases the base amount of expenses that must be taken by public bid from $20,000 to $30,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 547	Illinois HB 547 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2017-01-24	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/0c6ddbc7-fd81-4e09-ac16-d1f736d414a8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=547&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100744&SessionID=91&GA=100	47d13d84fb5af4d158dbe70e190e53fcce1d87a83f3b3c64048f170d5194bc86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 547 (100th) — MUNI CD-CONTRACT EXPENDITURES

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Increases the base amount from $20,000 to $30,000 for public improvement or maintenance of public property at which a municipality must enter into a contract by public bid or four-fifths council approval. If the contract is approved by council, increases the base amount of expenses that must be taken by public bid from $20,000 to $30,000. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 60–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2017-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2017-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2017-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-07 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-004-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2017-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-046-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2017-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Postponed - Local Government
• 2017-05-10 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2017
• 2017-05-16 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0338 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c6ddbc7-fd81-4e09-ac16-d1f736d414a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).